Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Badger, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Badger who are dependent on heroin or prescription opioid medications. This type of treatment has been around for decades now, and the overall idea is that people are no longer involved in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and prescription pain killers.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some feel it is a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy need to know that methadone detox is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification facilities that will not accept methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and rates of relapse are very high.

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